Photos Under Creative Commons Licence From Flickr - Umbrellas by Zesmerelda,Fireworks by The Last Minute, Kites by Andrew Turner, Tea by McKay Savage

The Collapsible Umbrella

Invented 1,700 yrs ago. (C.M)
A man made it easier because he made it collapsible.(G.A)
The collapsible umbrella wasn't made to collapse (AR).
the collapsible umbrella was used as a sunshade.(A.Y)
These people used their umberellas for sun shades but in China this guy made the umberellas collapsible.(A.B)
The firts time Collapsible Umbrellsa were invented they were made so they wouldn't Collaps! (C.R)

Gun Powder

1,200 yrs ago.(C.M)
1,000 yrs ago.J.M
Fireworks were origanslly made by mixing chemicals together.(G.A)
The year Gun Powder was used was 969 AD.(D.C)
Gunpowder is used for fire works and bombs such as TNT
Gunpowder is used for weddings,parties,guyfawkes,and lots more(G.C)
They used to stuff gunn powder into bamboo rods and shoot them up in the air and they would make a loud bang! (L.H)

Printing

Printing made it easier to publish books other than write them.(G.A)
By printing the chinese made abook that was invented in 868 AD.(D.C)

Compass

Used for finding direction more than 1,000 yrs ago. Made from a magnetized needle, a float
and a bowl of water.(C.M)
The compass is used for navigating North, East, South and West (AR).
Compass helps people yse it for finding their way.(A.B)

Ice Cream

Ice cream was made out of rice,milk,spices and snow and was invented 4,000 yrs ago.(J.M)
Icecream is used for desserts(G.C)
Ice cream is a yummy treat(B.S)
There are diffrent flavours(L.R)
ice cream was made differently in the olden days.(A.Y)

Wheel Barrow

was invented about 1,700 yrs ago.(J.M)
The wheel Barrow was origananly made from bamboo. 9G.A0
The wheel barrow has made carrying heavy objects more easy (AR)
the wheel barrow was made by an chinese soldier.(A.Y)

Paper

Invented about 2,100 yrs ago. Made by grinding mulberry bark into pulp and spreading it
onto a screen to dry.(C.M)
invented about 1,900.(J.M)
The Pulp was made from fish nets, rags and plants.(D.C)
Paper is used to write letters and communicate with other people(G.C)
Paper is used in every day life (L.R)

Ink

You need a bamboo brush, inkstick, inkstone and water jar. Hair on brush made from weasle
tail, goat hair and baby hair.(C.M)
They used india ink for writing but india ink was not really made in india it was made at china.(B.S)
The brush is made from babys hair, ferets fur or goat hair.(A.G.E.B)

Silk

Silk is made by silk worms and then we boil it and an thread it then it is taken to rich people (AR)

Silkworms are only feed mulberry leaves to make the fibres.(A.G.E.B)

Kites

Kites are fun to play with but in Ancient China the army used it for target practise because they are like planes moving in the sky (AR).
Kites are used to play with and are also used on windy days then they stay in the sky (G.C)
kites can be different size and shapes (A.Y)
Kites were the shape of dragons and many other animals.(A.G.E.B)